WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti welcomed Adm. James Kilby as the 43rd Vice Chief of Naval Operations in a ceremony at the Pentagon, Jan. 5. Kilby most recently served as the deputy commander, U.S. Fleet Forces in Norfolk, Virginia. He is a native of Pound Ridge, New York, and a 1986 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He has commanded at unit and strike group levels and is the recipient of the Vice A  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: Amtrak customers who have set a resolution to travel more, spend less and enjoy extra time with loved ones this year can take advantage of Amtrak's latest buy one, get one sale for midweek travel within the Empire State. This sale is valid now through Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 when traveling Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between today and Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Custo  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Jan. 5, 2024, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Maine - Second Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose in Maine's two large counties, Cumberland and York, from June 2022 to June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2022.) Regional Commissione  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW YORK -- On Jan. 3, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City's Newburgh suboffice arrested an unlawfully present citizen of Guatemala convicted by Rockland County Court of first-degree sex abuse: sexual contact with individual less than 11 years old. Fugitive Operations Officers arrested the 22-year-old noncitizen without incident in Spring Va  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: Northridge Construction Corporation pleaded guilty to criminal charges today in federal court in Central Islip, New York. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 3. The three-count information alleges that, in 2018, during the construction of a shed on Northridge's property in East Patchogue, New York, one of its employees fell from an improperly secured roof and died. The Occupational S  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Michael Laudicina, age 46, of Santa Cruz, California, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with distributing a controlled substance. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New York Division; and Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo made the announcem  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: A superseding indictment was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Amaury Guzman, Ian Diez, Ruffi Fernandez and Jonathan Rodriguez, members of the Trinitarios street gang, with a string of violent crimes including multiple shootings and armed carjackings between November 2022 and February 2023. The defendants were previously arrested and will be arrai  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: A 32-two-count superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip charging three Bloods gang members, Dwayne Murray, Kendrick Seymore and Lavalle Wilson, with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, attempted murder, various firearms charges and narcotics related offenses. Additionally, Murray is charged with the June 2020 murder of Wayne   more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: William Taylor, age 33, and Patricia Clarke, age 27, both of Jamaica, New York, pled guilty today to mail and wire fraud conspiracy. Taylor also pled guilty to aggravated identity theft. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Jonathan Mellone, Special Agent in Charge, Northeast Region, United States Department of Labor, Office of I  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SRINIVASA KAKKERA and ABBAS SAEEDI were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods to 18 months and five months, respectively, for their participation in a scheme to commit insider trading based on material, non-public information ("MNPI") that a third co-defenda  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A New York man has been sentenced for distributing approximately three kilograms of fentanyl and 592 grams of fentanyl analogue in Woburn. Ruben Davila Cardenas, 45, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf to four years in prison and three years of supervised release. On Sept. 25, 2023, Cardenas pleaded guilty to distri  more

BUFFALO, New York, Jan. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office announced today that a federal jury has convicted Lavon Parks, a/k/a Dutch, 32, and his father, James C. Parks, 58, both of Niagara Falls, NY, of narcotics conspiracy, discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and discharge of firearm causing death. In addition, Lavon Parks was also convicted of attempt to posses  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (TNSper) -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 2, 2024: Yaw Gyebi Jr. has been chosen as the new director of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) New York District Office, the federal agency announced today. Gyebi, who most recently served as the founding chief of enforcement and investigations at the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, started today. "Mr. Gyebi brings a wealth of knowledge from h  more